Christians persecuted by both sides in the devastating civil war of Sudan

First on Fox: The two million Christians in Sudan are among the hardest affected by the country’s two -year civil war, with Fox News Digital being said that some should eat animal food and even grass to survive.

Sudan is the fifth country in the world for Christian persecution, according to the global surveillance list of open doors. Open Doors is a confessional non -profit organization aimed at raising awareness of global persecution.

It is the biggest trip in the world – between $ 13 million and $ 15 million have been forced from their home, and around 150,000 have been killed since the rebel support forces (RSF) and the Sudanese armed forces of the Sudanese government began to fight in April 2023. The roots of the civil war are in the features after 2019 of the work of President Omar Al -Bashir.

Christians, around 4% of the population of Sudan, suffer in a double blow of despair. Like the rest of the people of Sudan, they face shortages of chronic food and the horror of war. But Christians would also be distinguished for discrimination and persecution by both parties in the conflict.

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A Sudanese man was walking in the courtyard of a church of the old UM Gulja refugee camp in the eastern state of Sudan, the state of Gedaref, on December 15, 2023. Many refugees and asylum seekers fleeing the current war in Khartoum and other regions through Sudan sought a refuge in Um Gulja, a refugee camp At 20, but with the last war which made its doors in the Printemp. (Photo of Ebrahim Hamid / AFP via Getty Images) (Ebrahim Hamid / AFP via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached a Sudanese high church working with colleagues in the field in the country and in the region. Speaking of an unidentified place and refusing his identity for his security, he told Fox News Digital: “Christians are considered an enemy for the two parties at war, and even political parties. Sudan is considered a country of a religion and a race.”

He continued: “When even NGOs want to distribute food, the category of people who receive this relief is controlled by the government. Thus, the government in these places does not give it to minorities. Often, Christians here have been informed:” Unless you leave your Christianity, no food for you. “”

“Since the Civil War of Sudan broke out over two years ago, Christians faced an incessant persecution in the hands of the two parties at war,“” Mariam Wahba, research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. “”More than 165 churches were forced to close. In 2023, the RSF fighters stormed the Anglican cathedral of Khartoum, attacating civilians and converting it into a military base, while the SAF air strikes leveled the Baptiste Al Ezba church in Khartoum North. The two parties also carried out arbitrary detentions, with SAF questioning and beating dozens of Christians in 2024 and 2025. “

The Bahri Pentecostal Church was demolished by the government for re-zoning even if it was built 30 years ago.

“The RSF was particularly violent in Wad Madani (Sudan Central), continued Wahba.” In December 2024, his fighters set fire to the evangelical church of Wad Madani, and later this month attacked the Sudanese church of Christ in the state of Al Jazirah during a prayer service, injuring 14 faithful. An activist would have promised to “eliminate all Christians”.

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“RSF activists would have forced Christians to convert to Islam in exchange for aid and protection. It is important to remember that the RSF is the last embodiment of Janjaweed militias, sadly famous for their ethnic cleaning campaign in Darfur two decades ago. This inheritance of terrorist is postponed again.”

“Together, these abuses left Christians among the most vulnerable victims of war,” concluded Wahba.

The evangelical church of Omdurman after being bombed even if it was not in a combat area or used by war forces. (Open doors)

The Sudanese church church, Fox News Digital, spoke this week believes that the situation is particularly bad for Christians of El Fasher, a city besieged by the RSF. “For a long time, they have eaten animal food and grass. No wheat, no rice, nothing can enter. And unfortunately now, no medication – if you just have the flu, it can kill you. We don’t know what to do. We always ask God (to) have mercy on us.”

A spokesperson for the State Department declared to Fox News Digital: “Since the conflict epidemic of April 2023 in Sudan, we have been witnesses backwards in the overall respect of Sudan for fundamental freedoms, including religious freedom. This fell, in particular, Christians are in particular an impact on the marginal and religious populations of Sudan, including Christians.

The spokesman continued: “Sudan was a country of a particular concern under the old Bashir regime, and the United States focuses on the prevention of the return of the loyalists of the Bashir era and other violent extremists who could re-impose particularly serious violations of freedom of religion”.

A mainly Christian camp in Northern Sudan. (Open doors)

“In order to protect American interests, to include the protection of religious freedom in Sudan, American efforts seek to limit negative Islamist influence in the Government of Sudan and to reduce the regional activities of Iran which contributed to regional destabilization, conflicts and civil suffering.”

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Today in Sudan, there is despair. The head of the Sudanese church added: “For Christians, it is even forbidden to pray in your home as a group in many places now. Logically, there is no hope because it (Sudan) will become more radical. But I believe in God who can transform the curse into a blessing. And we pray that the Church continues to be like a light and a salt in our country.”